Ant versus fungus versus mutualism: Ant-cultivar conflict and the deconstruction of the attine ant-fungus symbiosis

American Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Mueller, Ulrich G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attine ants; Conflict; Cooperation; Fungiculture; Mutualism; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANT; FUNGUS; MUTUALISM; SYMBIOSIS;

ATTINI; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036792842     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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